[1]Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi formally registered her party on Friday for any upcoming elections, returning the Nobel laureate to the political arena.
Suu Kyi decided last month to formally rejoin politics in the military-dominated country after recent reforms by the nominally civilian administration that took power in 2011.
Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy leader Tin Oo and other party members registered the party at the Union Election Commission in the capital, Naypyitaw.
The party boycotted last year's general elections because of restrictive rules that among other things prevented Suu Kyi from being a candidate. The government has since lifted many of those restrictions.
The government had disqualified the NLD for boycotting the election.
NLD spokesman Nyan Win said the party will contest all vacant seats in an upcoming by-election and Suu Kyi will soon announce in which constituency she will run.
No date has been set for that election, but last week election commission chairman Tin Aye said the government will announce it three months before the by-election, giving candidates time to campaign.
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